Senior Engineer, DevOps / Core-platform @ * Developed solutions for SAML Single Sign-on integration. * Developed BeyondCore's entire DevOps stack in AWS using python / boto / fabric / SaltStack. * Responsible for configuration management, infrastructure security, and deployments. * Configured and Deployed centralized log management using SumoLogic and Web Security / IDS using AlertLogic. * Developed RESTful Web Services, using Java EE / Jersey / Sql2o. * Developed front-end visualizations and interactions using HTML5, JQuery / Underscore. * Responsible for software security, as well as the development of multitenancy, reporting, and data sharing capabilities. * Developed and maintain an in-house security enhanced fork of the eclipse Jetty Java Servlet container. * Co-engineered BeyondCore's Apps for Office add-in. * Developed the back-end API for Apps for Office, as well as the front-end for the Excel and PowerPoint Add-in. From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Bioinformatician (Consultant) @ * Designed single-page web applications used for visualizing genomic data-sets and metrics, using Python / Django / KnockoutJS. * Designed high-throughput analysis pipelines used for performing mutation, coverage, and read-mapping analysis in Java and Python. * Instrumental in all stages of the agile software development life cycle, including gathering requirements, implementation, and testing. * Designed and implemented the hybrid internal / cloud-based IT infrastructure. * Developed solutions for securing electronic patient health records. From February 2014 to September 2014 (8 months) .NET Engineer (Consultant) @ * Lead UI / UX Engineer for building an image capture and analysis application, using the .Net platform * Developed algorithms for performing quantitative analysis of captured images, as well as laser calibration, using C# From September 2013 to January 2014 (5 months) Bioinformatics Specialist @ * Developed client-facing web applications in Python / Django / BackboneJS, used for capturing biological data / workflows (e.g. Variant Calls, Sample Accessioning, etc.) * Technical lead for all Syapse clients needing algorithm, database and API support / training * Technical lead for integrating datasets from biological / clinical databases, such as the TCGA (http://cancergenome.nih.gov/), with the Syapse software platform From April 2013 to December 2013 (9 months) Bioinformatics Developer @ * Designed single-page web applications in PHP / CodeIgniter / JQuery used for the following: - Tracking, visualizing, and reporting laboratory information - Quality Control for downstream manufacturing - Oil profile analyses for the Discovery, Molecular Biology, Strain Development, and Fermentation groups of Solazyme * Responsible for the de novo assembly and functional annotation of numerous micro-algal and higher plant genomes / transcriptomes. * Developed high-throughput bioinformatics pipelines, using C / C++ and Python, used for differential gene expression analysis. * Designed / Configured grid computing environments using Sun / Open Grid Engine, for very high-throughput sequence analysis and clustering. From May 2011 to April 2013 (2 years) Senior Systems Analyst @ * Technical lead for systems engineering projects in the School of Medicine * Administered Linux systems for research labs in Medical Microbiology / Immunology, Physiology, and Biochemistry. * Configured user accounts, group membership, and group policies in Windows Active Directory. * Responsible for server consolidation, by employing virtualization technologies, as well as testing new system designs in a pre-production environment. * Responsible for patch management, network security, and data encryption for all LAN / WAN environments in the School of Medicine. From April 2006 to April 2011 (5 years 1 month)

Master of Science (M.S.), Bioinformatics, GPA: 4.00 @ New York UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science @ University of California, Santa Cruz Matthew Shoa-Azar is skilled in: Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Python, R, Perl, Genomics, Biotechnology, Sequence Analysis, Lifesciences, Software Development, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Genetics, Data Mining, Proteomics